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• Travel letter no. 25, Series 1

  Hazard, Joseph Peace, (1807-1892)
  

  1858-01-07

  In this letter to his sisters, Joseph Peace Hazard writes about his travels from Istanbul to Egypt, via Israel and Lebanon. Topics include struggling with a bout of illness; the houses and geography of the various cities; a trip to the Dead Sea; a trip to the Grand Cairo market; the pyramids at Giza; and the flora and fauna he observed.
  

• Travel letter no. 24, Series 1

  Hazard, Joseph Peace, (1807-1892)
  

  1857-12-01

  In this letter to his sisters, Joseph Peace Hazard writes about his travels in Austria, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Topics include a visit to the Belvedere Gallery in Vienna; social calls; local customs; a visit to a mosque in Istanbul; and the geography, flora, and fauna he observed.